Professor Jasper Jumbo and one of his kinsmen, Asai Jumbo have been arraigned in court by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for allegedly stealing N494million belonging to his family, the Jumbo Major House of Bonny Kingdom in Rivers State.
The erstwhile Chairman of the now defunct Caretaker Committee of Jumbo Major House, Jasper Jumbo, and his co-traveler, Asai Jumbo, who bears the title of Amasenibo of Bonny Kingdom, were arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over a 36 count charge of Advanced Fee Fraud, Money Laundering, Forgery, False Claim of Professorship, and Impersonation, among other offences.
Arraigned before Justice Adamu Turaki, the duo stood in the dock for an hour while the charges in suit number, FHC/PH/623C/2022 were read to them on Friday, October 29, 2022, to which they pleaded not guilty.
Kelvin Nwufo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) appeared for the defendants while Abdulrashid Isyaku Aidi stood in for the IGP.
According to the charge sheet obtained by Kristina Reports, the IGP is accusing the two defendants, Professor Jasper Jumbo and Asai Jumbo of the following:
“COUNT ONE: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘ M on or about the 20th day of January, 2020 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired together to commit felony by inducing and deceiving the Honourable Justice S.C. Amadi, judge (as he then was), sitting at the State High Court Port Harcourt to make a consent judgment conferring on both of you the benefit of substituting all (former) signatories of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny Accounts with Polaris Bank and First Bank respectively and to effect full dominion and control of the said Accounts unencumbered and which act led to your obtaining by fraudulent means the various sums of money standing to the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Accounts and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT TWO: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 31st day of January, 2020 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired with Polaris Bank Plc and its staff (now at large) to commit felony by relying on the purported consent judgment you fraudulently obtained from the Honourable Justice S. C. Amadi, judge (as he then was), sitting at the State High Court Port Harcourt to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny of various sums of money in the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Account Nos. 1140174616 and 1770121671 with Skye Bank Plc (Polaris Bank Limited) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT THREE: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 20th day of January, 2020 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny induced and deceived the Honourable Justice S.C. Amadi , judge (as he then was) sitting at the State High Court Port Harcourt to make a consent judgment conferring on both of you the benefit of substituting all (former) signatories of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny Accounts with Polaris Bank and First Bank respectively and which act led to your defrauding the said family of the various sums of money standing to their Account Nos. 1140174616 and 1770121671 with Skye Bank Plc (Polaris Bank Limited) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1 ( 3 ) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006:
COUNT FOUR: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ between the 30th day of January, 2020: and 17th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the aiding and abetting of Polaris Bank Limited and its staff (now at large) relied on the purported consent judgment you fraudulently obtained from the Honourable Justice S. C. Amadi, judge (as he then was), sitting at the State High Court, Port Harcourt to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny a total sum of N494,000,000.00 (Four Hundred and Ninety Four Million Naira only) from Skye Bank Plc now Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 belonging to the Jumbo Major House of Bonny and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT FIVE: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 18th day of March, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourself or for TILE HILLS LOGISTICS the sum of N55,000,000.00 (Fifty-Five Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT SIX: That you, Asai Jumbo , ‘M’ on or about the 1st day of March, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for your personal use or for the use of JUMAP AND SONS the sum of N17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT SEVEN: That you , Asai Jumbo , ‘M’ on or about the 12th day of April , 2019 at Port – Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable , Court ; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for your personal use or for the use of VADVAS LIMITED the sum of N50 , 000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006 ;
COUNT EIGHT: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 12th day of April , 2019 at Port – Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court ; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for your personal use or for the use of JUMAP AND SONS the sum of N1,300,000.00 (One Million , Three Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT NINE: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 15th day of April, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for your personal use the sum of N39,645,763.48 (Thirty Nine Million, Six Hundred and Forty Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty Three Naira, Forty Kobo only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT TEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for DEEPROCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED the sum of N175,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Seventy-Five Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT ELEVEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for U. K. EZE & ASSOCIATES the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT TWELVE: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port – Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for PERFECT CONCEPT COMPANY the sum of N80 , 000,000.00 ( Eighty Million Naira only ) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT THIRTEEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for AYODELE SALAMI AND ASSOCIATES the sum of N96,500,000.00 (Ninety-Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT FOURTEEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port – Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court ; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for EMANUELLA VICTORIA DURU the sum of N38,500,000.00 (Thirty-Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT FIFTEEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘ M and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 17th day of February, 2020 at Port – Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for EMANUELLA VICTORIA DURU the sum of N37,000,000.00 (Thirty – Seven Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris. Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT SIXTEEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 17th day of February, 2020 at Port- Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for AYODELE SALAMI AND ASSOCIATES the sum of N32,000,000.00 (Thirty-Two Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT SEVENTEEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 17th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court; by false pretence and with the intent to defraud members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny did fraudulently obtain for yourselves or for DEEPROCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED the sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006;
COUNT EIGHTEEN: That you Prof Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about 30th day of January 2020 and 31st day of March, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired together to commit felony to wit: convert, conceal or disguise, return or take possession or control of money belonging to Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny Kingdom thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 21 and punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 .
COUNT NINETEEN: That you Prof Jasper F. Jumbo and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ sometime on 24th January 2020 at Port Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intention to defraud the members of the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny , knowingly forged and signed a letter without their authority or consent to Skye Bank Plc now Polaris Bank Limited, Olu Obasanjo Branch, Port Harcourt, requesting for change of signatories of Account Numbers, 1140174616 and 1770121871, both belonging to the Jumbo Major House to your names as signatories to the accounts , knowing it to be false and forged and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(2) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act .
COUNT TWENTY: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 18th March, 2019 at Port Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of N55,000,000.00 (Fifty-Five Million Naira only) from the Skye Bank Plc now 1140174616 belonging to the Jumbo Major House of Bonny , without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members which money you knew belong to them , you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name TILE HILLS LOGISTICS, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-ONE: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 1st day of April, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert , conceal or disguise , retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of N17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 belonging to the Jumbo Major House of Bonny , without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members which money you knew belong to them , you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name JUMAP AND SONS , with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 .
COUNT TWENTY-TWO: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 12th day of April, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert , conceal or disguise , retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 belonging to the Jumbo Major House of Bonny, without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members which money you knew belongs to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name VADVAS LIMITED, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-THREE: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 12th day of April, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of the sum of N1,300,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1140174616 belonging to the Jumbo Major House of Bonny, without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew-it and converted same into your Own use by paying it into an account by name JUMAP AND SONS, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-FOUR: That you, Asai Jumbo, ‘M’ on or about the 15th day of April, 2019 at Port-Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum N39, 645,763.48 (Thirty Nine Million, Six Hundred and Forty Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty Three Naira, Forty Kobo only) domiciled with Skye Bank Plc now Polaris Bank Limited, without the consent and authority of Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members and which money you know belongs to them, you withdrew it and converted it to your own use and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-FIVE: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, Conceal or disguise, retain or-take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of N175, 000,000.00 (One Hundred and Seventy-Five Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671, without the Consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members; which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying into an account by name DEEPROCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-SIX: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M and Asai Jumbo ‘M on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum N10, 000,000.00 (Ten Million Nalra only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671, without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members; which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name U.K. EZE & ASSOCIATES, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-SEVEN: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo M and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum N80, 000,000.00 (Eighty Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members; which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name PERFECT CONCEPT COMPANY, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-EIGHT: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M and Asai Jumbo ‘M on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court. did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum the sum of N96, 500,000.00 (Ninety-Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name AYODELE SALAMI AND ASSOCIATES, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT TWENTY-NINE: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 30th day of January, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of N38, 500,000.00 (Thirty-Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members; which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by: name EMANUELLA VICTORIA DURU, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT THIRTY: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 17th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of the sum of N37,000,000.00 (Thirty-Seven Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members, which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name EMANUELLA VICTORIA DURU, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT THIRTY-ONE: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M and Asai Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 17th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of the sum of AYODELE SALAMI AND ASSOCIATES the sum of N32, 000,000.00 (Thirty-Two Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671 without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members; which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name AYODELE SALAMI AND ASSOCIATES, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT THIRTY-TWO: That you Prof. Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ and Asai Jumbo M on or about the 17th day of February 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently convert, conceal or disguise, retain or take possession or control of money amounting to a total sum of the sum of DEEPROCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED the sum of N25, 000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million Naira only) from the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny’s Polaris Bank Limited Account Number 1770121671, without the consent and authority of the said Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny members; which money you knew belong to them, you withdrew it and converted same into your own use by paying it into an account by name DEEPROCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED, with the intention to disguise the origin of the money and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
COUNT THIRTY-THREE: That you Prof Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ on 17th September, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did have in your possession a letter purported to have emanated from Evangel Christian University of America (Africa Campus) which purportedly conferred you with the title, Professor of Counselling Psychology and during the course of investigation, it was discovered that the University is not approved or licensed to operate as a University in Nigeria and you are not a Professor in the list of Professors in Nigeria and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(2) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.
COUNT THIRTY-FOUR: That you Prof Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M on or about the 20th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did have in your possession a letter purported to have emanated from Rivers State University of Science and Technology dated 12th day of October, 2005 for the purpose of using it as the official position of the University and during the course of investigation, it was discovered that the letter did, not emanate from River State University of Science and Technology and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section1(2) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.
COUNT THIRTY-FIVE: That you Prof Jasper F. Jumbo ‘M’ on or about the 20th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did have in your possession a letter purported to have emanated from Rivers State University of Science and Technology: dated 15th day of October, 2005.for the purpose of using it as the official position of the University and during the course of investigation, it was discovered that the letter did not emanate from Rivers State University of Science and Technology and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section1(2) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.
COUNT THIRTY-SIX: That you Prof Jasper F, Jumbo ‘M on or about the 20th day of February, 2020 at Port-Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did have in your possession a letter purported to have emanated from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology dated 20th October, 2005 for the purpose of using it as the official position of the University and during the course of: investigation, it was discovered that the letter did not emanate from Rivers State University of Science and Technology and thereby committing an offence punishable under. Section1(2) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.”
The case was adjourned to Friday, November 25, 2022 for trial after the accused pleaded not guilty to the 36 count charges and were granted bail.
Reacting to the arraignment of his clients, Kelvin Nwofu, SAN, objected to the charges against Prof. Jasper Jumbo and Asai Jumbo, wondering how the duo could have deceived a High Court Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, who is currently the Chief Judge of Rivers State, to grant them judgement.
“You cannot say the High Court judge, who is now the Chief Judge of Rivers State, was misled into giving judgement. It’s not true. That judgement gave them the authority to withdraw the money and paid those they paid.”
“Secondly, they are saying Prof himself is not a professor because, according to them, the university that awarded him that title is not a Nigerian university, can you imagine? This is very funny. Is it only a Nigerian university that can give you professorship?”
Money our Se-alabo Horace Fedinard Herbert Ok Jumbo fought for to improve the living of his subject.
Bar Ibeh & Rapheal of Polaris bank all conspirators.